Events Articles

Wednesday's final Red Cross Bloodmobile of the year was the most successful in Penn College history. Caring faculty/staff and students showed the true giving nature of those on campus, said Carl L. Shaner, Student Health Services director. Two-hundred pints were collected exceeding the previous record of 181 and certainly helping to alleviate low blood supplies throughout the region.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's 2008-09 Student Activities Awards banquet, a night "filled with rewards, recognition and flavorsome food" dedicated to student leaders and organizations, was held Wednesday in Penn's Inn. The evening included awarding of a $1,000 Student Leadership Legacy Scholarship to Justin A. Ball, of Sandy Ridge, a business administration: management major.

Seven-time PGA Tour winner Joey Sindelar will be the visiting pro at the Pennsylvania College of Technology Foundation's 23rd Annual Spring Golf Classic on Monday, May 11, at the Williamsport Country Club. Net proceeds from the event will benefit the Penn College Foundation Golf Classic Scholarship.

The Madigan Library held its first-ever Saturday night event this past weekend: Mixed Nuts Casino IV! The event was sponsored by the library, Student Activities Office and two student clubs: ACM and Film Hounds. More than 30 students were in the library which stayed open late for the event enjoying poker, blackjack, Scrabble and Xbox 360.

The Baking and Pastry Applications Class, the students responsible for the popular campus bake sales throughout the year, completed a semester-ending "trade show" project in the Susquehanna Room from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday. The show was a presentation of pastry product development, merchandising and marketing techniques, according to Chef Monica J.

A total of 23 teams comprising 154 people took part in Saturday's Walk-It-Out event, helping to raise $5,724 for the American Cancer Society. Food, games and camaraderie complemented the day's main activity, a mini-Relay for Life held on the Madigan Library Lawn.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host a student portfolio exhibit April 30-May 7. Sixteen students will exhibit more than 160 pieces of work they created during their studies toward earning bachelor's degrees in graphic design.

More than 75 students were inducted Saturday into the Pennsylvania College of Technology chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society for students enrolled in two-year programs.

Philip Morris International brought its 2007 Gulfstream G-550 to the Williamsport Regional Airport on Thursday to attend Penn College's Aviation Career Fair. Students toured the aircraft, which first visited the Lumley Aviation Center in 2007, when it was brand-new. During the Career Fair, Jim Delamater and Brian F.

The inspiration of an established painter and the imagination of his preschool counterparts intersected this week in The Gallery at Penn College, where the work of Miguel Tio was featured alongside pieces created in children's workshops with the artist.